From 5 to 8 June 2024, 112RESCUE – the leading-edge information pool and modern buyer-meets-seller forum – will be offering a comprehensive overview of the market for innovative and proven technologies, products, materials and applications for the entire B2B range of modern rescue services and emergency response. The show will be accompanied by a supporting programme in all occupied exhibition halls as well as highly informative symposia and specialist conferences addressing cutting-edge topics and delivering a host of insights from the world of research.

Dortmund, 22 May 2024 – In its second year too, 112RESCUE's high-value specialist content programme will once again be providing plenty of inspiration and information between 5 and 8 June 2024. Key topics in all areas of rescue and emergency response will be up for discussion on four stages – the Main Stage (Hall 6), the 'Research & Future' Open Stage (Hall 5), the 'Women in Rescue' Stage (Hall 4) and the 'Robotic Stage' (Hall 7), the venue for the Rescue Robotics Days. Other highlights will include demonstrations by brand ambassadors and the Blue Light Channel (Hall 6), and meetings and conferences organised by various associations such as the North Rhine Westphalia Association of Professional Fire Department Directors and the Rescue & Emergency Medicine Congress.

Programme highlights on the main stage (Hall 6, selected items)

Wednesday 5 June 2024

Immediately following the show's official opening, the Rescue Robotics Days will kick off at 11:00 hrs with a world first presented by Dirk Aschenbrenner, President of the Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection (vfdb). After that, the future of disaster control will be on the agenda as weather expert Karsten Schwanke from public broadcaster ARD delivers a talk at 11:15 hrs on 'Adventures with Extreme Weather', probing the origins of this

specific weather phenomenon and discussing the dangers to humans and to the environment. In the subsequent panel starting at 11:45 hrs, he will discuss preventive measures in the event of extreme weather and practical operations with Dr Marlene Willkomm (Deputy Head of the Cologne Flood Centre) and a representative from German Maltese Cross in NRW.

The Safety Research Days will follow at 13:00 hrs. There will then be a discussion, chaired by Blue Light Hero podcaster Marcel Kilic, on current developments in robotics in action, new approaches in CRBN situations and intuitive modelling as the basis for analysing extreme data using innovative artificial intelligence techniques. (The talk slots will continue on Thursday and Friday mornings)

Thursday 6 June 2024

From 13:00 to 15:30 hrs, the focus will be on the future of fire service procurement, looking at everything from new vehicles with various energy sources and power delivery designs through to procurement activities undertaken by the Local Government Agency for North Rhine Westphalia.

Friday 7 June 2024

Starting at 12:15 hrs, the Main Stage will be dedicated to the Symposium on Extreme Weather Events including, for example, the low-down on 'Heavy rainfall events, the consequences and how to deal with them' by engineer Hans Becker (Zick-Hessler Ingenieure, a specialist in infrastructure planning). Engineer Arlindo Santos (Head of Knowledge & Innovation at the Agency for Integrated Management of Rural Fires) is a knowledgeable speaker on forest fire fighting and will deliver a presentation on Portugal's forest fire strategy starting at 13:15 hrs. Of equal interest will be the topic 'Crisis communications: how to respond to disasters?' with Juliane Weiß (an expert in crisis management and video training for fire services, e.g. the Association of Fire Brigades in North Rhine Westphalia (VdF NRW) in Wuppertal). A further highlight on the subject of rampages and threats promises to be the talk and panel discussion entitled 'Threat situations – are we prepared? Experiences from the Berlin Christmas market attack (2016) and the Tauentzienstraße rampage' by Dr Rolf-Dieter Erbe (security engineer and paramedic) and Michael Zawada (both from Berlin fire service).

Saturday 8 June 2024

On the final day of the show, the symposium on extreme weather events from 9:00 to 12:00 hrs will once again be dedicated to important topics such as 'Integrating animal rescue with disaster control – operations during flood disasters' with Stephan Witte (founder and manager of Essen Animal Rescue). Equally exciting will be the presentations 'Airborne operations during flood disasters' with Florian Klinner (Head of Safety Management at air rescue service DRF Luftrettung) and 'European assistance – the NRW forest fire module in France' with Christian Schenk (Watch Manager at Ratingen Fire Brigade). Another subject matter area addressed on stage will look at 'Diversity by Netzwerk Vielfalt'. Andreas Kirchharz from the Association of Fire Brigades in North Rhine Westphalia (VdF NRW) will be asking 'Why is diversity important?'. A panel featuring brand ambassadors such as Niklas on Fire, Pia, Pascal and Joshua will also be shedding light on diversity from different perspectives.

The specialist conference programme at a glance:

Safety Research Days (Main Stage, Hall 6)

From 5 to 7 June, the Research Committee of the Association of Fire Brigades in North Rhine Westphalia (VdF NRW) and the Safety Research Competence Network – an initiative of VdF NRW, vfdb, the Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection's NRW research body AK Forschung and the Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences in Bochum – will once again be holding the Safety Research Days in collaboration with Messe Dortmund. Here, researchers will be presenting their current scientific topics and results in the areas of innovative concepts, digital technologies and natural events. Chaired by Marcel Kilic. >>> Programme >>> Programme

Rescue Robotics Days (Speciality zone, Hall 7)

The new zone will be in place for the first time at 112RESCUE and is a collaboration with the German Rescue Robotics Centre (DRZ). Visitors to the show will find a forum for rescue robotics in civil emergency response with national and international appeal. In addition to a highly informative specialist content programme of talks, product presentations and expert panel discussions, there will also be an exhibition featuring a wide range of drones and robotics solutions. Relevant deployment scenarios – robotic systems on the ground and in the air – will also be simulated in a realistic environment in various special events areas.. >>> Programme

'Research & Future' Open Stage  (Hall 5)

Specialist presentations and keynote talks on innovative developments in research and topics of future importance are planned on the podium in this area on all days of the show. Career pitches will also be held on Friday and Saturday. >>> Programme online soon

'Women in Rescue' stage (Hall 4)

Socio-political issues and special topics for female firefighters are set to take centre stage here, addressing topics such as equal rights in fire services, recognition of women in emergency response careers and balancing the demands of work and family. In addition to important aspects such as psychosocial emergency care or violence against emergency services and a programme by the NRW section of the German Maltese Cross, well-known author and extremism researcher Ahmad Mansour will also give a talk on diversity and integration. Another highlight on 8 June 2024 will be the presentation of the Women in Rescue award by state government Permanent Secretary Dr Daniela Lesmeister. >>> Programme

Rescue & Emergency Medicine Congress

The three-day specialist congress will once again include the German Rescue Service Symposium with workshops on Thursday (6 June) and the symposium on Friday (7 June). The third day of the congress will be organised by the North Rhine Westphalia Emergency Doctors' Syndicate. >>> Programme

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